Category Archives: Local News

A Springfield man is charged with aggravated vehicular hijacking for allegedly attacking an Uber driver last month. Springfield Police reported on Monday that 24-year-old Hezekiah Glenn was arrested o...

Three local agencies have been awarded 2 million dollars in state grant money to support their efforts to reduce homelessness. The Home Illinois funding is being directed toward permanent housing prog...

The Illinois Court of Claims has now gone digital. Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announced that starting Monday December,15th all filings with the Court of Claims will be submitted thr...

State Senator Doris Turner is touting her diligent work in getting the "Sonya Massey law" passed. Turner in a press release, let it be known that the law which requires law enforcement agencies to con...

CWLP crews are responding to a broken waiter main in the 3100 block of South Fourth Street. Due to the scope of repairs, customers will be without water service during work, which will impact about 80...

About seven inches of snow fell on Central Illinois during the weekend as overnight temperatures fell below zero. Illinois State Police Troop 6 reported assisting more than 250 motorists during the we...

A 14-year-old girl from Chicago died in a multi-vehicle pileup on a snowy Interstate 55 on Saturday. The crash occurred at about 10:30 Saturday morning on southbound I-55 at the Clear Lake Avenue exit...

A 38-year-old Springfield man was arrested last week as a result of an ongoing narcotics investigation by Springfield Police. Officers executing a search warrant at the home of Terry Ballinger on Wedn...

Southern Illinois University Medicine has launched a national search for its next dean, provost and chief executive officer. National executive search firm Isaacson, Miller will partner with a search ...

Ho, ho, ho - there's so much holiday fun to be had this weekend. *With the threat of inclement weather, we recommend checking before you go to make sure none of these events have been postponed or can...